1 files changed, 44 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/c++/examples/create.cpp b/c++/examples/create.cpp
index 06952f9..06d5d4d 100644
--- a/c++/examples/create.cpp
+++ b/c++/examples/create.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
   * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
-//  
-//  This example writes a dataset to a new HDF5 file.
-//
+/*  
+ *  This example writes a dataset to a new HDF5 file.
+ */
  
 #include <string>
 
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ const int 	RANK = 2;
 
 int main (void)
 {
-   // 
-   // Data initialization. 
-   //
+   /* 
+    * Data initialization. 
+    */
    int i, j;
    int data[NX][NY];          // buffer for data to write
    for (j = 0; j < NX; j++)
@@ -47,50 +47,56 @@ int main (void)
       for (i = 0; i < NY; i++)
 	 data[j][i] = i + j;
    }     
-   //
-   // 0 1 2 3 4 5 
-   // 1 2 3 4 5 6
-   // 2 3 4 5 6 7
-   // 3 4 5 6 7 8
-   // 4 5 6 7 8 9
-   //
+   /*
+    * 0 1 2 3 4 5 
+    * 1 2 3 4 5 6
+    * 2 3 4 5 6 7
+    * 3 4 5 6 7 8
+    * 4 5 6 7 8 9
+    */
 
    // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
    try
    {
-      //
-      // Create a new file using H5F_ACC_TRUNC access,
-      // default file creation properties, and default file
-      // access properties.
-      //
+      /*
+       * Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
+       * handle the errors appropriately
+       */
+      Exception::dontPrint();
+
+      /*
+       * Create a new file using H5F_ACC_TRUNC access,
+       * default file creation properties, and default file
+       * access properties.
+       */
       H5File file( FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC );
 
-      //
-      // Define the size of the array and create the data space for fixed
-      // size dataset. 
-      //
+      /*
+       * Define the size of the array and create the data space for fixed
+       * size dataset. 
+       */
       hsize_t     dimsf[2];              // dataset dimensions
       dimsf[0] = NX;
       dimsf[1] = NY;
       DataSpace dataspace( RANK, dimsf ); 
 
-      // 
-      // Define datatype for the data in the file.
-      // We will store little endian INT numbers.
-      //
+      /*
+       * Define datatype for the data in the file.
+       * We will store little endian INT numbers.
+       */
       IntType datatype( PredType::NATIVE_INT );
       datatype.setOrder( H5T_ORDER_LE );
 
-      //
-      // Create a new dataset within the file using defined dataspace and
-      // datatype and default dataset creation properties.
-      //
+      /*
+       * Create a new dataset within the file using defined dataspace and
+       * datatype and default dataset creation properties.
+       */
       DataSet dataset = file.createDataSet( DATASET_NAME, datatype, dataspace );
 
-      //
-      // Write the data to the dataset using default memory space, file
-      // space, and transfer properties.
-      //
+      /*
+       * Write the data to the dataset using default memory space, file
+       * space, and transfer properties.
+       */
       dataset.write( data, PredType::NATIVE_INT );
    }  // end of try block
 
@@ -98,24 +104,28 @@ int main (void)
    catch( FileIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSet operations
    catch( DataSetIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
    catch( DataSpaceIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
    catch( DataTypeIException error )
    {
       error.printError();
+      return -1;
    }
 
    return 0;  // successfully terminated